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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04BOGOTA12598 |
FARC PROPOSES NEW DEMILITARIZED ZONES FOR [...] (U) On December 3, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) released a communique dated November 28, changing one of its long-standing requirements for a humanitarian exchange. The communique appears to pre-date the GOC's December 2 release of 23 (with 12 more expected) FARC members [...] |
2004-12-09 22:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC CO FARC |
| 04BOGOTA12903 |
GOC OFFERS TO MEET WITH FARC TO FACILITATE [...] (U) On December 20, the GOC reiterated its willingness to revoke its extradition order against Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Commander Ricardo Palmera (aka "Simon Trinidad") if the FARC releases 63 hostages, including the three U.S. contractors, before December 30. The GOC exp [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM ASEC PINR PGOV CO FARC |
| 04BOGOTA2071 |
FARC ATTEMPTS MAJOR KIDNAPPING IN HUILA DEPARTMENT [...] (C) On February 23, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) Teofilo Forero Mobile Column (TFMC) launched simultaneous attacks on a luxury residential complex in Neiva, Huila department, the city's power grid, and an isolated military outpost west of the city. A quick police respon [...] |
2004-02-27 20:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR PREL CO FARC |
| 04BOGOTA3486 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ICRC HEAD OF DELEGATION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-02 22:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREF CO FARC ELN AUC |
| 04BOGOTA3545 |
DECIPHERING THE SIZE OF ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS [...] (C) According to the Colombian Ministry of Defense (MOD), at least 20,000 Colombian terrorists, both paramilitaries and guerrillas, have deserted or been captured or killed in combat with government forces since President Alvaro Uribe took office in August 2002. Still, the estimated numerical [...] |
2004-04-05 19:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS PROP SNAR CO AUC ELN FARC |
| 04BOGOTA4278 |
URIBE GIVES PUBLIC ULTIMATUM TO PARAMILITARIES [...] (C) On April 27, President Uribe issued an ultimatum to the country's illegal paramilitaries, warning that if they do not accept the GOC's conditions for peace talks -- including a verifiable cease-fire and a concentration of troops -- Government security forces will combat them until they are [...] |
2004-04-27 21:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV PINR PINS SNAR ASEC CO ELN FARC |
| 04BOGOTA5282 |
PROGRESS IN CESAR DEPARTMENT [...] (C) Summary: Officials and residents of Cesar Department praise President Uribe's security improvements. The cities and highways of Cesar's central valley are far safer than they were a year ago, and the economy has grown slightly. However, guerrillas and paramilitaries find refuge in the hi [...] |
2004-05-24 22:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ECON SNAR VE CO FARC |
| 04BOGOTA85 |
SENIOR FARC LEADER SIMON TRINIDAD IN CUSTODY: GOC [...] (C) On January 2, Ecuadorian authorities arrested Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) commander Ricardo Ovidio Palmera Pineda alias "Simon Trinidad." He is now in Colombia, where he faces over 50 counts of terrorism and other serious crimes. Palmera, who played a ke role in managing [...] |
2004-01-06 18:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS MOPS CO FARC |
| 04BOGOTA8900 |
US HOSTAGE STATUS: 18 MONTHS IN FARC CAPTIVITY [...] (S//NF) August 13, 2004 marked the 18-month anniversary of the FARC's kidnapping of three American crewmembers after a SOUTHCOM single-engine Cessna crashed. The most significant change since the one-year update in reftel (NOTAL) has been the initiation and impressive progress of the COLMIL's Pla [...] |
2004-09-02 11:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | CASC MOPS PGOV PINR PTER FARC |
| 04BOGOTA9136 |
GOVERNMENT COMPLETES FARC FINANCE STUDY [...] (C) The GOC recently completed an unprecedented interagency analysis of FARC finances. The study concluded that FARC profits in 2003 were between 1.35 and 3.25 trillion pesos (approximately USD 520 million to 1.25 billion) in 2003. According to the study, the FARC spent about 40 percent of [...] |
2004-09-09 21:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SNAR FARC |
| 05BOGOTA10230 |
FORMER PRESIDENT GAVIRIA HIGHLIGHTS PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Former President Cesar Gaviria told Polcouns October 28 that paramilitaries are threatening and intimidating Liberal Party candidates and office holders, and claimed President Uribe's efforts to combat such activities are conspicuous by their absence. The Liberal Party would continue to [...] |
2005-11-01 13:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER VE CO ELN FARC |
| 05BOGOTA10392 |
VICE PRESIDENT ON "POST-CONFLICT"; PROMINENT [...] (C) Vice president Francisco Santos said at a restorative justice conference November 2 that Colombia's paramilitary demobilization process was a "post-conflict situation" requiring deft management if Colombia was to avoid "the problems of Central America or the Southern Cone" on crime and hu [...] |
2005-11-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CO FARC AUC |
| 05BOGOTA11357 |
PLAN PATRIOTA PHASE 2B: STATUS REPORT [...] (C) President Uribe relieved Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O) Commander General Fracica, who was in charge of carrying out Plan Patriota's Phase 2B in Southeastern Colombia, because he had failed to produce concrete results against high value targets (HVTs), Uribe's top security objective. Frac [...] |
2005-12-07 19:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER MOPS FARC CO |
| 05BOGOTA11611 |
PRESIDENT URIBE ACCEPTS "INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION" [...] (C) President Uribe announced late on December 13 that the GOC has accepted an "international commission" (representatives from France, Switzerland, and Spain) suggestion to establish a 65 square mile "security zone" in the Valle del Cauca to conduct hostage exchange talks with the FARC. The [...] |
2005-12-14 19:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CO FARC |
| 05BOGOTA11620 |
TEXT OF PRESIDENT URIBE AND PEACE COMMISSIONER [...] (U) President Alvaro Uribe Velez and Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo made the following statements at a press conference at the Presidential Palace on December 13, 2005, regarding the decision by the GOC to accept the international commission's proposal to create a 65 square mile "secur [...] |
2005-12-14 23:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER CO FARC |
| 05BOGOTA11783 |
ICRC REP ON INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) RefCoord met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer December 19. Schaerer (protect) expressed disappointment that the GoC immediately made public its acceptance of an international commission's plan on December 13 (see reftel) to conduc [...] |
2005-12-20 15:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS CO FARC |
| 05BOGOTA3233 |
FARC ATTACKS LOCALIZED TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY [...] (U) This cable replaces Bogota 3073 which was transmitted in error. Please destroy all prior copies. 2. (S/NF) Summary. FARC violence in the first quarter of 2005, although tactically aggressive, remained localized and below 2004 levels in all categories: attacks against military and [...] |
2005-04-07 19:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS MOPS PHUM FARC |
| 05BOGOTA371 |
PRESIDENT URIBE OFFERS REWARD FOR HOSTAGES AND [...] (U) President Uribe addressed the nation from Serrania del Chiribiquete, Guaviare Department, on New Year's Eve highlighting his plans for 2005, including initiating a bounty hunter price against two FARC leaders, and a reward for the release of 63 hostages. Uribe recognized the efforts of th [...] |
2005-01-14 16:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL CO FARC |
| 05BOGOTA3914 |
SWIFT RESPONSE REPELS FARC ATTACK ON TORIBIO, CAUCA [...] Summary: GOC forces repelled an attack by 300-400 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on the town of Toribio, Cauca Department. The early morning attack on April 14 was repelled initially by the 82-man Municipal Police detachment that had been armed and equipped with [...] |
2005-04-25 18:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PTER MOPS CO FARC |
| 05BOGOTA4961 |
IDPS REPORT COLOMBIAN NGO COLLABORATING WITH THE [...] (C) On May 12-13, Human Rights Officer, Assistant Army Attache and British Embassy representative traveled to the highly conflictive Uraba region of northwestern Colombia. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) and business leaders reported that Justicia y Paz, a Colombian NGO working with commun [...] |
2005-05-24 20:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PHUM PTER CO FARC |
| 05BOGOTA5207 |
PLAN PATRIOTA PHASE 2B UPDATE [...] (C) General Fracica took control of the Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O), responsible for carrying out Plan Patriota's Phase 2B in Southeastern Colombia, in December 2004. Progress in the area of operations was slow in early 2005; changes by Fracica prompted some limited advancements but progres [...] |
2005-05-31 20:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREL CO FARC |
| 05BOGOTA5510 |
FARC PROOF OF LIFE: MILITARY ATTACKS YIELD [...] (S/NF) Violence orchestrated by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) continues at increased levels in 2005 and aims to chip away at public support for President Uribe's tough stand against the guerrillas. The FARC's activities have not affected the COLMIL's military campaigns aga [...] |
2005-06-09 15:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PHUM PTER CO FARC |
| 05BOGOTA6237 |
FARC PUTUMAYO ATTACK KILLS 21 SOLDIERS [...] (C) Summary: On June 25, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) carried out their deadliest one-day attack since President Uribe took office. The twelve simultaneous strikes killed 21 and wounded 11 soldiers in southeastern Putumayo Department. President Uribe, disturbed by the hi [...] |
2005-06-30 22:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PTER PGOV MOPS EC CO FARC |
| 05BOGOTA7134 |
MANPADS IN COLOMBIA: GOVERNMENT NO; FARC MAYBE [...] (S/NF) The GOC has no MANPADS in its arsenal, no current intentions to purchase them, and no indigenous manufacturing capability. The FARC (formally declared a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the USG) has demonstrated intent to purchase MANPADS. Numerous unsubstantiated reports indicate tha [...] |
2005-07-29 13:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PARM MASS EAIR ETTC PTER CO FARC |
| 05BOGOTA7312 |
NEWEST PUTUMAYO ATTACKS TARGET GOC AND CIVILIANS [...] (C) On July 20, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas began the second offensive in under a month against Putumayo Department. The five-day mission targeted nine municipalities, including Mocoa, the department's capital. As with attacks against military bases last month [...] |
2005-08-02 22:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO FARC |
| 05BOGOTA7358 |
GOC POSES NEGOTIATION OFFERS TO GUERRILLAS [...] (SBU) In mid-June and July, the GOC sent several communiques in an attempt to resuscitate negotiation processes with both the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The GOC hoped to restart preliminary peace negotiations with the ELN w [...] |
2005-08-04 15:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER CO FARC ELN |
| 05BOGOTA7590 |
NATIONAL CONCILIATION COMMISSION: SLOW PROGRESS [...] (C) On August 8, PolCouns met with Father Dario Echeverri (protect), Secretary General of the National Conciliation Commission (CCN). He predicted the FARC would agree to a humanitarian exchange after the Constitutional Court had ruled on re-election because -- regardless of the ruling -- the [...] |
2005-08-10 20:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL CO ELN FARC |
| 05BOGOTA7712 |
PEACE COMMISSIONER DESCRIBES STATUS OF [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told Ambassador Wood August 12 that the GOC was making a sincere effort to reach an agreement with the FARC on the terms of a humanitarian exchange, and with the ELN on peace talks, but Restrepo is not confident of the GOC's short term prospects for [...] |
2005-08-16 16:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR CO FARC ELN |
| 05BOGOTA7727 |
COLOMBIA WANTS IRISH THREE BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Colombian Foreign Ministry officials say they are in the process of requesting that Ireland extradite three Irish citizens convicted of aiding Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas. GOC officials have stressed that, although Ireland does not have an [...] |
2005-08-16 19:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER PREL EI CO UN FARC |
| 05BOGOTA8367 |
GOC AND FARC FROZEN ON HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE; [...] (U) FARC "spokesperson" Luis Edgar Devia AKA Raul Reyes communicated on August 22 their demand that the GOC demilitarize certain municipalities as a precondition for talks on a humanitarian exchange. Reyes' statement effectively ended the Catholic Church's offer to mediate a "pre-dialogue" ou [...] |
2005-09-06 15:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PTER CO FARC ELN |
| 05BOGOTA8817 |
FARC DECLINES GOC PRISONER EXCHANGE, BLAMES GOC [...] (U) On September 16, ANNCOL posted a message from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ) People's Army (FARC-EP) declining the Colombian government's offer to hold a prisoner exchange in Bolo Azul, Valle del Cauca Department. The FARC reiterated longstanding demands in the communique an [...] |
2005-09-19 17:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV CO FARC |
| 05BOGOTA9095 |
COLOMBIANS PROTEST FRENCH REGARDING FARC [...] (U) The Colombian Foreign Ministry sent the French Ambassador to Colombia a diplomatic note on September 23 protesting France's latest contact with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in early September, without GOC authorization. The French reportedly sent the envoy to negotiat [...] |
2005-09-24 16:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO FARC |
| 05BOGOTA9257 |
RECONCILIATION COMMISSION CONFIRMS PEACE PROCESS \ [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX discussed the status of the Catholic Church's role in peace \ talks between guerrilla groups and the Colombian government. \ He said he believed both negotiations were on hold ) the ELN \ would not advance during Francisco Galan's parole and the \ FARC consistently had refused all [...] |
2005-09-29 20:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER SOCI CO ELN FARC |
| 05BOGOTA9269 |
BOGOTA MAYOR SEEKS CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH EMBASSY [...] (C) Ambassador Wood met with Bogota Mayor Luis Eduardo (Lucho) Garzon on September 22, at the Mayor's request. In a wide ranging discussion, Garzon requested more contact with the Ambassador and Embassy staff to improve information sharing, particularly on security issues. He asked for assis [...] |
2005-09-29 21:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CO VE FARC |
| 05BOGOTA9276 |
PLAN COLOMBIA MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during August 2005. --------------------------------------------- ------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/JUDICIAL SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (U) The Department of Justice Judicia [...] |
2005-09-29 21:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO FARC |
| 05BOGOTA9566 |
GOC SEEKS ASSISTANCE TO REINFORCE SECURITY AFTER [...] (C) The GOC is seeking USG assistance to strengthen security in areas formerly occupied by demobilized paramilitaries. Thus far, there have only been isolated incidents of FARC incursions into former paramilitary territory, but the FARC could become emboldened as the demobilization process ad [...] |
2005-10-07 15:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR EAID ASEC SNAR CO OAS AUC FARC |
| 05BOGOTA9593 |
NO CHANGE IN EXTRADITION POLICY FOLLOWING AUC [...] (C) In a 90-minute meeting with Ambassador Wood on October 7, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo described paramilitary leaders as distrustful of President Uribe and scared of extradition, but confirmed GOC extradition policy would remain unchanged following the October 6 AUC statement s [...] |
2005-10-07 21:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KJUS KCRM CO AUC FARC |
| 05BOGOTA9759 |
TWO TERRORIST ATTACKS IN BOGOTA IN TWO DAYS; [...] (C) Bogota experienced two terrorist incidents in 48 hours. On the evening of October 10, a remote-controlled 50-kilogram explosive device hidden in a parked car was detonated in northern Bogota as Senator German Vargas Lleras's motorcade drove past. Vargas escaped unharmed, but nine Colomb [...] |
2005-10-14 18:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL CO FARC PGOV |
| 06BOGOTA5497 |
COLAR PREDICTS ESCALATION BEFORE NEGOTIATION [...] (S) Commanders of Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O), the Colombian military's elite force at the core of the Plan Patriota campaign, see the conflict with the FARC entering a phase of more direct confrontation. They contend the FARC has determined it cannot withstand four more years under re-ele [...] |
2006-06-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER CO FARC |
| 08BRASILIA1170 |
SHOOTDOWN: Brazilian Air Defense Procedures [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Paragraph 2 contains an Embassy translation of the text of the procedures under which Brazil's Air Defense Authorities can order a shootdown under Brazilian law. These procedures were provided by the Braizilian Air Force and should be treated as an internal Brazilian [...] |
2008-09-04 16:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER FARC BR |
| 08BRASILIA1588 |
BRAZIL: DRUG TRAFFICKING UP, DRUG FLIGHTS DOWN, TIP ISSUES LIMITED: A REPORT FROM THE FAR NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Drug flights into Brazil's far north have diminished by 75 percent since the introduction of Brazil's Air Bridge Denial (shootdown) program, but Brazilian authorities say pressure from Plan Colombia has actually increased the amount of cocaine entering Brazil. The region rem [...] |
2008-12-12 15:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SOCI KCRM ELAB FARC KTIP BR VE PE CO XR |
| 08BRASILIA1686 |
BRAZIL: DRUG TRAFFICKING UP, DRUG FLIGHTS DOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Air Bridge Denial ("shootdown") program has diminished drug flights in Brazil, and as a result, traffickers are increasingly using riverine routes to transport drugs out of the country. The state of Para sees much of this riverine trafficking. The combination of tribu [...] |
2008-12-31 19:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | NAR SOCI KCRM ELAB FARC BR |
| 08BRASILIA507 |
Got Guerrillas? The Rise of the LCP in Brazil [...] (U) Summary: Following is an Embassy Brasilia translation of an article published in the March 26, 2008, edition of IstoE, a major Brazilian news magazine. The article reports that a violent leftist guerrilla organization operates in Rondonia state, Brazil, and in some ways resembles the Co [...] |
2008-04-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER FARC BR CO |
| 08BRASILIA523 |
BRAZIL: SENATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN CONCERNED [...] (S) Summary. Senate Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee Chairman Heraclito Fortes (strictly protect) (Democrats Party, opposition; of Piaui) told Ambassador Sobel on March 28 he is deeply concerned about signs of terrorists in Brazil. He cited a published report (reftel) of a [...] |
2008-04-18 15:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PTER PREL FARC BR VE EC CO XR BO |
| 08BRASILIA6 |
A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT SARNEY [...] (C) Summary: Former President and sitting Senator Jose Sarney (PMDB, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, governing coalition; of Amapa) told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon on December 14 that President Lula is doing a good job and has maintained the social calm necessary for growth and development. [...] |
2008-01-03 11:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KDEM BR VE GY BL EC CO XM XR FARC |
| 08SANTIAGO453 |
SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE REVIEWS NEXT STEPS TO [...] (C) Southern Cone COMs, meeting in Santiago April 25-26, and joined by ranking SOUTHCOM, WHA, and OES representatives discussed a wide range of regional issues, including security, economic and envionmental challenges, as well as reviewed consular, immigration and public diplomacy best practi [...] |
2008-05-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Santiago | SECRET | ECON EINV ENRG FARC IR MARR PGOV PREL PTER |